Hi, im not sure if your phone will allow you to go over that figure, 1 thing you can do is if you put the samsung pc suite on your computer then connect your phone to your computer you can the transfer all the messages you want to keep onto your computer then back them up onto a usb memory stick just in case your computer messes up with a virus or hard drive error.

the only other way you may be able to store more on your phone is if you free up some memory so delete all the messages from inbox/outbox/sent/drafts ect delete all the ones you really dont need, then go and delete all the pictures you no longer need, then also delete a load of ring tones most people never use the ones you get for free when you buy the phone so if you delete some of these that will free up loads of memory and this may give you more room for messages.

the only way this wont work is if their is a maximum limit the phone allows you to keep, i have worked on loads of phones but never one with 500 messages so couldnt give you a true answer, try free up some memory as i cant see why you cant have more than 500 as its only about how much room you have on your phone so give that a try first but if that dont work then just get the samsung pc suite and transfer them over to your computer.

to get the pc suite just use your search on your pc and type in to google if you use google that is type in the following

samsung pc suitethen hit search that will then list loads of sites where you can download it for free, tha safest option would be the samsung site, they dont charge for the software and it is all free to download so when you hit search look for the samsung site in the list its usually the top one in the list so try that one first.

let me know if you can t find it or if you need further assistance ok

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